I'm amazed he's gotten such good output from such a low-end camera. I also sort of wish he had large, high resolution versions of those images.posted by mathowie at 4:44 PM on October 25, 2001

I need to learn from this man -- my skimpy little WebCam Go is cute, but the quality of the pix makes me hang my head in shame...

(shuffles off to corner, dejected)posted by davidmsc at 5:03 PM on October 25, 2001

Dave is a Pencam master... I never tire of looking at his photos.posted by heather at 5:21 PM on October 25, 2001

The colour saturation on these images is really strong. I'm guessing he's punched things up in Photoshop afterwords. Does anyone have any tips for achieving similar results?posted by kaefer at 5:42 PM on October 25, 2001

Ouch. Didn't see one of my Heather sites in the previous post.posted by websavvy at 6:31 PM on October 25, 2001

This site is very cool! I mean, even aside from the images, the design is ingenious and attractive. Well done.posted by rodii at 7:07 PM on October 25, 2001

It's not the camera, it's the eye: he's got the eye.
*I'd* love to know what he's hearing as his sound-track when he takes his photos, because each set of photos brought some very specific '50's and '60's jazz to my inner ear.
Thanks so much for this link & this thread, gentlefolk. I think I need a pencam, if only to shoot a clip each to Lalo Schifrin & Herbie Hancock & MJQ. This is inspiration at its purest!posted by realjanetkagan at 7:35 PM on October 25, 2001

Hey, thanks for the compliments, everyone! And it's true... Heather is my hero. She's the one that inspired me to get the pencam in the first place, late last winter. Her pictures are the best. Praise from her is high praise indeed.

As for the saturation of the images. I don't dink around too much with most of the images you see on the website, aside from boosting the contrast (+40), shrinking them down a bit, and converting them from bitmap to jpeg. Admittedly, I do tweak some of the pictures for the sake of composition. But most times, the colors you see (including those vivid blue skies) are what the camera puts out.

I'll always be a fan of the lomography stuff.
It's hillarious to think a whole "sect" of photo buffs out there are fixated on these photographs when the only reason the look the way they do is because of a terrible, poorly built camera.posted by KnitWit at 6:43 AM on October 26, 2001

Very nice. As so often, even with low tech material, the interesting stuff happens when one truly applies oneself.posted by mmarcos at 1:23 PM on October 26, 2001

pooh, i feel left out. in the grand old tradition of self-promotion, please visit my pencam gallery. it also includes the magic link to making your pencam work with a Mac!posted by caf at 11:04 PM on October 28, 2001

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